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Greetings all: *Answer to the Pop quiz, what is the usual or common method for reading a diorama ? *From a very early age most of us are taught to read left to right. Thats how we perceive most images we view. *The result is that the strongest dioramas tend to have most of the action either dead center or to the right of center. strongest area being the focal point.
The large scale diorama as mentioned previously has its pitfalls. For Shirley it will break your...
1. Back
2. Wallet
3. Spirit
Back: *Remember your going to have to move this *chunk of base board where ever it is to be displayed. *Plan for its transport before you start.
Wallet: Count the cost before you build the house. Facing facts many of us are not rich. *What are you willing to put into the project? After all time is money.
Spirit: Building a scene based on a photograph is a good start, but remember that life is ever changing and moving. *Artistic license is warranted in many cases. *Particularly when using a multilayered series of actions to tell a story. When an aircraft lands from a sortie or mission and has to go right back up again it may be refueled, rearmed and repaired right where it came to rest. Now how about carrying the wounded pilot away with a new pilot receiving instructions a few yards away. *The title simply being... This is your machine.'
Pop Quiz: Is the scene described above plausible?
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